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Selfoss

Selfoss
Selfoss. / Daniel K., Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0

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One of the most powerful waterfalls upstreams from the magnificent Dettifoss. Selfoss is 11 m high, but it is very wide – the stream has shaped a long V-shaped cliff and water falls down along a more than 100 m long cliff.

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GPS coordinates
65.8060 N 16.3878 W
Location, address
Europe, Iceland, Norðurland eystra, at the Vatnajökull National Park, on Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, some 950 – 1000 m above Dettifoss
Height
11 m
Drops
1
Width
More than 100 m
Stream
Jökulsá á Fjöllum

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